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1、辽宁省辽河油田第二高级中学2019届高三英语上学期期中试题第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节 (共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A,B,C和D)中.选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AHaveyouheardofthefollowingpeople?Maybeyes,maybeno.Buttheymaybeaninspirationforyou.TheTreeLadyKateSessionswasanAmericanbotanistandlandscapearchite
2、ctcloselyassociatedwithSanDiego,California.AfterbecomingthefirstwomantograduatefromtheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,shetookajobasateacherfarsouthinthedrydeserttownofSanDiego.KatedecidedthatSanDiegoneededtreesmorethananythingelse.Therefore,thisyoungwomansingle-hande
3、dlystartedamovementtransformingthetownintotheleafy,garden-filledplaceasitistoday.TheSnowflake(雪花)ManWilsonBentleyisoneofthefirstknownphotographersofsnowflakes.Hisenthusiasmfortakingphotosbeganfromhisboyhoodandwasoftenmisunderstoodinhistime,buthisdeterminationrevealed
4、twoimportanttruths:notwosnowflakesarealike;andeachissurprisinglybeautiful.In1931,heworkedwithWilliamJ.HumphreysoftheU.S.WeatherBureautopublishSnowCrystals,abookcontaining2500photographs.TheFatherofHisCountryBythelate1760s,GeorgeWashingtonhadexperiencedfirsthandtheeff
5、ectsofrisingtaxesimposed(征收)onAmericancolonistsbytheBritish,andcametobelievethatitwasinthebestinterestsofthecoloniststodeclareindependencefromEngland.DuringtheAmericanWarofIndependence,heledthecolonialforcestovictory.In1878,hewaselectedpresidentoftheConventionthatwro
6、tetheU.S.Constitution.Twoyearslater,WashingtonbecameAmerican’sfirstpresident.Hisretirementfromofficeaftertwotermsestablishedatraditionthatlasteduntil1940,whenFranklinDelanoRooseveltwonathirdterm.The22ndAmendment(1951)nowlimitsthepresidenttotwoelectedterms.21Whomadeag
7、reatcontributiontobeautifyinganarea?AGeorgeWashington.BWilsonBentleyCKateSessionsDWilliamJ.Humphreys22WhatisWilsonBentleyfamousfor?AHiscreativeideastopublishbooks.BHispersistenceinphotographingsnowflakesCHiscouragetofightagainstprejudiceDHisdevotiontoteachingkidsscie
8、ntifictruths.23WhatdoestheauthorsayaboutGeorgeWashington?AHewasanationalhero.BHewasbornintoapoorfamily.CHebecameAmerica’spresidenti
